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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Infinite Jest made me want to go to AA, just to check it out.
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Sort of like a trip to the zoo? I'm thinking most AA members wouldn't be thrilled by that.
And do you remember the passage in Infinite Jest where the guy was talking about how, after being sober for awhile, he finally took a normal shit -- "A toord! I looked and saw a real toord!" If that's the kind of spectacle you go for.....
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But I also think that while I drink regularly, I don't have a problem, and that I would have trouble with that there.
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I've talked about this with people 'in the know' -- people who work professionally in dealing with alcoholism, and/or have gone through rehab themselves. The issue isn't regularity, but dependence. One person told me that he was actually shocked to learn, back in his early rehab days, that people actually drink alcohol because they like the taste. He didn't even realize it tasted good, despite having drunk a few carloads of booze in his time. I think you're a big distance from that.
